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Audio streaming service Pocket FM has launched ad solutions on the application to accelerate its revenue growth. “We have been spearheading the category creation for audio streaming with innovations and our unique storytelling capabilities guiding us towards sustainable and profitable growth. The marketing and advertising community has shown immense interest in our ad solutions due … Read More “Pocket FM launches ad solutions on the application” »
Weezer are heading to Broadway. In celebration of the four-EP Sznz project, the band will launch a residency that will run September 13-18 at the Broadway Theatre in New York. Today, Weezer have also released the next installment of their EP series. Listen to Sznz: Summer EP below. Weezer launched their Sznz project with the … Read More “Weezer Announce Broadway Residency, Release New EP Sznz: Summer: Listen” »
An artificial intelligence expert is concerned new facial recognition technology could result in information being misused. File pic Photo: 123RF Three major Australian retailers including Kmart and Bunnings who have branches in New Zealand have begun rolling out artificial intelligence-based facial recognition technology in their stores to monitor customers to prevent shoplifting. Similar tech is … Read More “Urgent need for guidelines around use of facial recognition technology, expert says” »
Text size Ark Invest CEO Cathie Wood. Courtesy of ARK Cathie Wood’s $12 billion flagship exchange-traded fund was falling again in Monday trading. It is another sign that “innovation stocks” such as Roku and Tesla remain under pressure. Wood’s ARK Innovation ETF (ticker: ARKK) was down 5.3% in Monday trading. Its top holdings include Zoom … Read More “Roku, Tesla, and Other Cathie Wood Favorites Are Falling” »
The sale of the cell phone towers of Vodafone and Spark is picking up pace as the two companies start to line up bidders. Vodafone is set to call for bids for its near 1,500 tower network in the next week or so. Photo: citadelle / 123RF The Australian Financial Review is reporting that both … Read More “Bidders lining up for Vodafone, Spark cell phone towers” »
New Sonos products are on the way and next up, according to rumors, is a smaller and cheaper soundbar called the Sonos Ray so here’s what we know. Sometimes products leak with only a couple of details – names and colors like the Google Pixel Buds Pro – but often get revealed with plenty of … Read More “Release Date, Price & Specs Rumors” »
Iceage have announced a fall co-headlining tour of the U.S. with Earth in support of their 2021 album Seek Shelter. The shows are set to begin in Brooklyn on September 21 and will wrap in Seattle on October 15. See the band’s full schedule—including a performance at Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago in July—below. Iceage … Read More “Iceage Announce Tour Dates, Share New Song “All the Junk on the Outskirts”: Listen” »
Cathie Wood’s ARK Innovation exchange-traded fund keeps falling, but investors aren’t jumping ship. Shares of the popular ETF, which is known by its ticker ARKK, have declined 45% so far in 2022 — including 21% in April alone — as rising interest rates punish stocks that are valued on the prospect of robust future growth. … Read More “Cathie Wood’s Flagship Fund Is Down 45% This Year. Money Is Still Flowing In.” »
The possible sale of cellular telecommunications towers by the two biggest network owners could lead to cheaper services for consumers over the longer term. Photo: 123rf Spark appointed Forsyth Barr and Jarden to test the market for potential co-investors, while Vodafone was doing a similar exercise with a price tag of more than a billion … Read More “Cell tower sales may pay off for consumers” »
An investigation has found a KiwiRail employee thought he had applied the brakes on a remote-controlled shunt locomotive and went to make a call on his phone, before the engine fell into the sea. Photo: Jim Tannock / KiwiRail. The remote control operator was shunting a wagon into the Picton container terminal last September, when … Read More “KiwiRail operator reached for phone before locomotive fell into the sea – investigation” »
